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Skill plan for Clarksville-Montgomery County School System - English II

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N1	First Nine Weeks
MyPerspectives, Unit 6 - Blindness and Sight
Historical Context: Oedipus the King		Literature and culture 1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Historical Context: Oedipus the King
Literature and culture 1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Oedipus the King, Part 1		Making meaning 1. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Language development 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Oedipus the King, Part 1
Making meaning 1. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Language development 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Oedipus the King, Part 2		Making meaning 1. Interpret figures of speech Language development 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 4. Replace words using a thesaurus Effective expression 5. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Oedipus the King, Part 2
Making meaning 1. Interpret figures of speech Language development 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 4. Replace words using a thesaurus Effective expression 5. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Performance task		Write a nonfiction narrative 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Correct errors in everyday use 4. What does the punctuation suggest? 5. Use words accurately and precisely 6. Identify sensory details
Performance task
Write a nonfiction narrative 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Correct errors in everyday use 4. What does the punctuation suggest? 5. Use words accurately and precisely 6. Identify sensory details

View From the Empire State Building		1. Words with -able and -ible 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Is it a phrase or a clause? 4. Recall the source of an allusion
View From the Empire State Building
1. Words with -able and -ible 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Is it a phrase or a clause? 4. Recall the source of an allusion

Poetry Collection		1. Analogies 2. Analogies: challenge 3. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Poetry Collection
1. Analogies 2. Analogies: challenge 3. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

The Country of the Blind		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Compare passages for tone
The Country of the Blind
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Compare passages for tone

The Neglected Senses		1. Identify prepositional phrases 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
The Neglected Senses
1. Identify prepositional phrases 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

N2	Second Nine Weeks
MyPerspectives, Unit 1 - Inside the Nightmare
The Fall of the House of Usher		Making meaning 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Language development 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 5. Create a sentence based on the model
The Fall of the House of Usher
Making meaning 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Language development 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 5. Create a sentence based on the model

House Taken Over		Making meaning 1. Compare passages for tone Language development 2. Word pattern analogies Conventions 3. Identify prepositional phrases Effective expression 4. Organize information by topic 5. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 6. Correct errors with signs 7. Compare two texts with different genres
House Taken Over
Making meaning 1. Compare passages for tone Language development 2. Word pattern analogies Conventions 3. Identify prepositional phrases Effective expression 4. Organize information by topic 5. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 6. Correct errors with signs 7. Compare two texts with different genres

How to Tell You're Reading a Gothic Novel-In Pictures		Making meaning 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Read graphic organizers
How to Tell You're Reading a Gothic Novel-In Pictures
Making meaning 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Read graphic organizers

Performance task		Write an explanatory essay 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Which text is most formal? 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Performance task
Write an explanatory essay 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Which text is most formal? 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Where is Here?		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Where is Here?
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Choose between adjectives and adverbs

The Dream Collector		1. Identify sensory details
The Dream Collector
1. Identify sensory details

Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?		1. Word pattern sentences 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?
1. Word pattern sentences 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 3. Distinguish facts from opinions 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

Poetry Collection		1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Match the quotations with their themes 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Poetry Collection
1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Match the quotations with their themes 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

N3	Third Nine Weeks
MyPerspectives, Unit 3 - Extending Freedom's Reach
The "Four Freedoms" Speech		Making meaning 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Language development 4. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses 6. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
The "Four Freedoms" Speech
Making meaning 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Language development 4. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses 6. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

Inaugural Address		Making meaning 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Language development 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use parallel structure 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement Effective expression 7. Identify thesis statements 8. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
Inaugural Address
Making meaning 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Language development 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use parallel structure 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement Effective expression 7. Identify thesis statements 8. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words

Video: Inaugural Address		Effective expression 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Video: Inaugural Address
Effective expression 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Performance task		Write an informative essay 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 4. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 5. Formatting quotations and dialogue 6. Identify text structures 7. Match causes and effects in informational texts
Performance task
Write an informative essay 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 4. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 5. Formatting quotations and dialogue 6. Identify text structures 7. Match causes and effects in informational texts

Speech at the United Nations		1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Is it a phrase or a clause?
Speech at the United Nations
1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Is it a phrase or a clause?

Diane Sawyer Interviews Malala Yousafzai		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Organize information by topic 3. Compare two texts with different genres
Diane Sawyer Interviews Malala Yousafzai
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Organize information by topic 3. Compare two texts with different genres

Poetry Collection		1. Use dictionary definitions 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Which sentence matches the definition? 5. Create a sentence based on the model
Poetry Collection
1. Use dictionary definitions 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Which sentence matches the definition? 5. Create a sentence based on the model

The Censors		1. Words with sub- 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
The Censors
1. Words with sub- 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Freedom of the Press Report 2015		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Read graphic organizers
Freedom of the Press Report 2015
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Read graphic organizers

N4	Fourth Nine Weeks
MyPerspectives, Unit 2 - Outsiders and Outcasts
The Metamorphosis		Making meaning 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Language development 2. Use words accurately and precisely Conventions 3. Identify gerunds and their functions 4. Identify the verb mood Effective expression 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 7. Evaluate counterclaims
The Metamorphosis
Making meaning 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Language development 2. Use words accurately and precisely Conventions 3. Identify gerunds and their functions 4. Identify the verb mood Effective expression 5. Trace an argument: set 1 6. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 7. Evaluate counterclaims

Franz Kafka and Metamorphosis		Making meaning 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Determine the main idea of a passage
Franz Kafka and Metamorphosis
Making meaning 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Determine the main idea of a passage

Performance task		Write an argument 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 4. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 5. Use the correct frequently confused word
Performance task
Write an argument 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 4. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 5. Use the correct frequently confused word

The Doll's House		1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Words with -ful 3. Which text is most formal? 4. Determine the themes of short stories
The Doll's House
1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Words with -ful 3. Which text is most formal? 4. Determine the themes of short stories

Poetry Collection		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 3. Identify elements of poetry 4. Label the rhyme scheme
Poetry Collection
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 3. Identify elements of poetry 4. Label the rhyme scheme

Revenge of the Geeks		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 4. Classify logical fallacies
Revenge of the Geeks
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 4. Classify logical fallacies

Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
MyPerspectives, Unit 3 - Extending Freedom's Reach
The "Four Freedoms" Speech		Making meaning 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Language development 4. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses 6. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
The "Four Freedoms" Speech
Making meaning 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Language development 4. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Conventions 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses 6. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

Inaugural Address		Making meaning 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Language development 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use parallel structure 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement Effective expression 7. Identify thesis statements 8. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
Inaugural Address
Making meaning 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Language development 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Use parallel structure 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement Effective expression 7. Identify thesis statements 8. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words

Video: Inaugural Address		Effective expression 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Video: Inaugural Address
Effective expression 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Performance task		Write an informative essay 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 4. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 5. Formatting quotations and dialogue 6. Identify text structures 7. Match causes and effects in informational texts
Performance task
Write an informative essay 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns 4. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 5. Formatting quotations and dialogue 6. Identify text structures 7. Match causes and effects in informational texts

Speech at the United Nations		1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Is it a phrase or a clause?
Speech at the United Nations
1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Is it a phrase or a clause?

Diane Sawyer Interviews Malala Yousafzai		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Organize information by topic 3. Compare two texts with different genres
Diane Sawyer Interviews Malala Yousafzai
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Organize information by topic 3. Compare two texts with different genres

Poetry Collection		1. Use dictionary definitions 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Which sentence matches the definition? 5. Create a sentence based on the model
Poetry Collection
1. Use dictionary definitions 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 3. Interpret figures of speech 4. Which sentence matches the definition? 5. Create a sentence based on the model

The Censors		1. Words with sub- 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
The Censors
1. Words with sub- 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Freedom of the Press Report 2015		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Read graphic organizers
Freedom of the Press Report 2015
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Read graphic organizers
MyPerspectives, Unit 5 - Virtue and Vengeance
Historical Context: The Tempest		Literature and culture 1. Explore words with new or contested usages 2. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review
Historical Context: The Tempest
Literature and culture 1. Explore words with new or contested usages 2. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review

The Tempest, Act 1		Making meaning 1. Word pattern sentences Language development 2. Words with -ful
The Tempest, Act 1
Making meaning 1. Word pattern sentences Language development 2. Words with -ful

The Tempest, Act 2		Making meaning 1. Use dashes Language development 2. Words with sub- 3. Use words accurately and precisely
The Tempest, Act 2
Making meaning 1. Use dashes Language development 2. Words with sub- 3. Use words accurately and precisely

The Tempest, Act 3		Making meaning 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Language development 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
The Tempest, Act 3
Making meaning 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Language development 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

The Tempest, Act 4		Language development 1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
The Tempest, Act 4
Language development 1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

The Tempest, Act 5		Making meaning 1. Classify figures of speech: review Language development 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Identify elements of poetry Effective expression 4. Classify logical fallacies
The Tempest, Act 5
Making meaning 1. Classify figures of speech: review Language development 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Identify elements of poetry Effective expression 4. Classify logical fallacies

Poetry Collection 1		Effective expression 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 3. Remove redundant words or phrases
Poetry Collection 1
Effective expression 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 3. Remove redundant words or phrases

Performance task		Write an argument 1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Identify plagiarism 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 6. Suggest appropriate revisions
Performance task
Write an argument 1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Identify plagiarism 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 6. Suggest appropriate revisions

Poetry Collection 2		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Match the quotations with their themes
Poetry Collection 2
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Match the quotations with their themes

Let South Africa Show the World How to Forgive		1. Words with pre- 2. Words with -less 3. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Let South Africa Show the World How to Forgive
1. Words with pre- 2. Words with -less 3. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses